Scriptorium

Sharing Information to pursue progress in human rights

Linked with Anthony Ravlich – New Zealand.

The HR Network (excerpt):

• The Human Rights Network is a meeting place for New Zealanders with an interest and commitment to human rights;
• Available social research suggests New Zealanders have a commitment to human rights, yet the human rights movement in New Zealand has been fragmented, making it difficult to share information and ideas and to mobilise to meet human rights challenges;
• A determination to establish a network infrastructure, the Human Rights Network, came about as a result of the experience of some individuals and organisations during the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1998, and during the debate about the future of New Zealand’s domestic human rights protections;
• Through the Human Rights Network knowledge can be exchanged more often, news can be disseminated more widely and consultation can take place more easily. Where there is a need for collective action, mobilisation can take place with greater haste.

Homepage/Welcome;
sitemap;
news;
big issues;
communities;
projects;
discussion forums;
address: Human Rights Network, PO Box 24 423, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND, e-mail;
contact.

About Human Rights: Human Rights are those rights that everyone everywhere has by virtue of being human.

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Linked with Anthony Ravlich – New Zealand, and with Complaints Procedure At The UN.

Introduction: Campaign for international justice for victims of violations of economic, social & cultural rights: … We are campaigning to provide victims of economic, social and cultural rights violations with access to international justice. Currently, if you have been tortured or if your right to freedom of expression is violated, you can complain to the United Nations. But if you have been forcibly evicted, or if you are unable to access healthcare services, you don’t have the same opportunity. It should not be that way! The way forward is the development of what is called an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR). This Optional Protocol (OP) will establish a complaints mechanism allowing you to present your case to the United Nations … (click on Read more ).

The internal links for the different pages on this website are working inside the Homepage and are found in its left column.

Two external links: ESCR-Net; and the European Roma Rights Centre.

Our Demands: The core elements which are promoted and defended by the International Coalition for an OP-ICESCR in the ESCR Protocol Now! Campaign include:

• An Optional Protocol to the ICESCR will provide victims of violations of economic, social and cultural rights access to international justice;
• It would establish a communications procedure that would enable individuals and groups to file complaints before the CESCR Committee for specific violations of the rights contained in the Covenant. Similar procedures are already available for violations of other international and regional human rights treaties;
• The primary purpose of the NGO Coalition for the OP to the ICESCR is to advocate for the adoption and use of an effective OP to the ICESCR;
• Members of the Coalition have identified five key elements for an effective OP. Each is a minimum requirement for the Optional Protocol that should be promoted by all NGOs wishing to contribute to the process of making the OP to the ICESCR a meaningful human rights instrument.

… (full text/Our Demands).

(also en Español, en Français, in Italiano)

The WORLD FOR WORLD ORGANIZATION WFWO is a Non-Governmental Organization NGO, an Italian-based non-profit organization, operating in Italy and internationally. WFWO was launched on 16 October 2001, on the occasion of World Food Day, and established in 2002, and is in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council ECOSOC at the United Nations, New York.

Sitemap;
operations and policy;
where do we operate;
events and meetings;
publications;
how to help;
links;
contact.

About – Our Mission: WFWO’s mission is to overcome poverty by enabling the world’s poorest people to gain the hope for better future and improve their quality of life through the access to food security, drinking water, health, education, poverty, HIV-AIDS programs, micro credit, using local skills and practical, sustainable technologies to support development humanitarian projects on relief and rehabilitations programs, to secure the empowerment of indigenous peoples, local communities, women, groups and individuals in developing countries.

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Linked with Steven M. Greer – USA.

The Controversial News Network is just as the name implies: a news network that covers « the other half of the story. » In some cases it is the other three-quarters of the story. And in tragically far too many it is a totally untold story … (about 1/2).

Homepage/Main and links to latest news;
Steven Greer, designated Guest Speaker;
schedule (will work soon again);
legal notice;
guests index;
archives;
studio photos;
contact.

About 2/2: In America, we are « 16th » in « freedom of the press, » according to an international survey, even though this is the only country for which the founders actually built into the Constitution the guarantee of total freedom of the press. Right now there are courageous reporters in prison for not revealing their sources, notwithstanding that guarantee in the fabric document of our nation, « The Federal US Constitution. » CWNN’s mission is to expose the « sacred cows » that no so-called « no spin zone » talk show host will touch with a ten-foot pole. This website serves as a mainframe of information collected by the Network. Its primary task for now is to archive the shows aired on the San Diego radio station CASH 1700AM, broadcasting live Sundays at 7pm-8pm, hosted by Eugene Ellis with co-host Scott Wood.

Linked with Maude Barlow – Canada.

The Blue Planet Project is an international civil society movement, it begun by The Council of Canadians to protect the world’s fresh water from the growing threats of trade and privatization. (About 1/2).

Homepage;
sitemap;
resources;
take action;
links;
contact.

About 2/2: We work with organizations and activists in both South and North, and are affiliated with international networks including Friends of the Earth International, Red Vida (the Americas Network on the Right to Water) and the People’s Health Movement.

We are currently working with partners world-wide on using a human rights framework to protect water for people and nature for generations to come. This includes working with local organizations and activists on grassroots struggles to protect democratic, community control of water, and building a movement to secure an international treaty on the Right to Water.

In 2005, Blue Planet Project founder Maude Barlow was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the alternative Nobel Prize, which honours those « offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today ».

en français: Le Conseil des Canadiens

Linked with Maude Barlow – Canada, and with UN rejects water as basic human right.

Founded in 1985, the Council of Canadians is Canada’s largest citizens’ organization, with members and chapters across the country. We work to protect Canadian independence by promoting progressive policies on fair trade, clean water, energy security, public health care, and other issues of social and economic concern to Canadians … (about 1/2).

Homepage and latest news;
sitemap;
world water day (22.3.08);
campaigns;
media;
publications;
newsletter-link (down at right of each page);
join us;
contact.

About 2/2: We develop creative campaigns to put some of the country’s most important issues into the spotlight. We work with a network of over 70 volunteer chapters to organize speaking tours, days of action, conferences and demonstrations.

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Find babysitters, nannies, pet sitters and more …

How does care.com work:

• 1): Join Now – Sign up as a family or individual for full access to our community of high-quality, trustworthy caregivers and service providers;
• 2): Find Great Providers – Post a job listing detailing your specific needs, or use our refined search results to find care providers who match your criteria. Request FREE background checks, view photos, videos, references, and more;
• 3): Get Connected – As a member, view contact details for caregivers or send them messages directly through Care.com.

Homepage/complete access to provider;
child care;
find tutors near you;
senior care;
pet care;
housekeeping;
Care.com in my Neighborhood/my state;
my account;
address main-office: Care.com, Inc., 1400 Main St., Waltham, MA 02451, USA;
contact by e-mail, a member of our staff will return your request within 24 hours/or one business day.

About us: We’re mothers, fathers, pet owners, sons, daughters, grandchildren, friends, and members of this online community along with you. We understand the difficulties and struggles you face when trying to find the right care and services for your families, yourself, and your home. So why did we create and join Care.com? Here are a few of our stories. Check back soon to meet more of the team.

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Hong Kong Association of Business and Professional Women

Aims:

• To promote the interests of business and professional women through a variety of business functions and professional development activities;
• To stimulate and encourage in women a realization and acceptance of their responsibilities to the community;
• To promote friendship, cooperation and understanding amongst women;
• To encourage women to acquire education and training and to use their skills and intelligence for their own and others’ development;
• To work for the removal of all forms of discrimination and for equal opportunities, status and remuneration for women in economic, civil and political life;
• To promote excellence in performance and ethics in business and the professions.

(About 1/2, Aims).

Homepage and latest news;
upcoming events;
Collaborations with Universities;
Articles;
Reports;
Program Archives;
photo gallery;
Newsletter;
Links (BPW around the world;
contact.

KABPW’s Bursary: One of HKABPW’s aims is to encourage women and girls to acquire education and training. The Association provides financial support to students in need who are studying courses that are not traditionally pursued by females … (full text);

About 2/2, Community Projects): The Hong Kong Association of Business and Professional Women each year selects a community project to fund. In the past, the following projects or non-profit organisations were given donations.

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Holding Corporations Accountable

Mission: CorpWatch.org counters corporate-led globalization through education, network-building and activism. We work to foster democratic control over corporations by building grassroots globalization a diverse movement for human rights and dignity, labor rights and environmental justice.

Homepage;
Sitemap; /CW Exclusives /Corpwatch Blog /RSS /Share;
Industries;
News;
Issues;
Research;
Press /Newsletter /Search /Reports /Releases;
Image Gallery;
Tool Kids;
Address: 1611 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA 94612, USA;
Contact.

About: The War Profiteers website is maintained and updated by CorpWatch, an organization based in Oakland, California, that counters corporate-led globalization through education, network-building and activism. The orginal site was created by the Ruckus Society, an organization that specializes in engaging nonviolent direct action, also based in Oakland, California.

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Centre for Rights Education and Awareness

Linked with Ann Njogu – Kenya.

The Center for Rights, Education and Awareness CREAW is a non-governmental, non-partisan, membership organization based in Nairobi, Kenya that seeks to empower the society on women human rights.

The CREAW Portfolio Video;
The Affirmative Action Video;
Diashow of Affirmative Action:
Diashow of Shangilia Fesival;
CREAW Board;
Events;
Programmes;
Our Partners;
Contact.

About: (CREAW’s) Goal is to Change you, and Transform all. Our Mission is to empower women to realize their fundamental rights and freedoms as human beings with equal rights and privileges as men.

CREAW was set up in 1998 by several women lawyers who had common goals and purpose. It obtained its full legal status in 1999 when it was registered as a Non-governmental Organization in compliance to the Kenyan Laws.

Our membership is open to individuals and women who share in the same vision and mission, and are driven by positive values for women’s development and empowerment. (full text).

Linked with Sebastien Fath – France.

The Association for the Sociology of Religion ASR is an international scholarly association that seeks to advance theory and research in the sociology of religion. Formed in 1938 as the American Catholic Sociological Society, ASR traces its roots to scholars in search of a hospitable place for both empirical study and social criticism animated by the social teachings of the church. Our 700+ members come from all continents of the world, and their interests and perspectives are just as diverse and global. The Association encourages and communicates research that ranges widely across the multiple themes and approaches in the study of religion, and is a focal point for comparative, historical and theoretical contributions to the field. In addition, the Association facilitates the sharing of members’ interests with sociologists in other associations and scholars of religion in other disciplines.

News and Announcments;
2008 Annual Meeting: Religion Crossing Boundaries, Session Paper Authors and Presenters Pre-registration (required of all program participants);
Recent Past & Archives;
Membership;
Grants, Awards, Lecutres;
Publication Opportunities /Call for Papers;
Links;
Address: Association for the Sociology of Religion, 618 SW 2nd Ave., Galva IL 61434-1912, USA;
Contact (scroll down).

About: The Association was founded in 1938 as the American Catholic Sociological Society. By the mid-1960s, members interests began to focus on the sociology of religion, and in 1971 the ACSS changed its name to the Association for the Sociology of Religion.

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Linked with Steven M. Greer – USA, and with Announcing the Orion Project.

The Disclosure Project is a nonprofit research project working to fully disclose the facts about UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence, and classified advanced energy and propulsion systems. We have over 400 government, military, and intelligence community witnesses testifying to their direct, personal, first hand experience with UFOs, ETs, ET technology, and the cover-up that keeps this information secret.

On Wednesday, May 9th, 2001, over twenty military, intelligence, government, corporate and scientific witnesses came forward at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to establish the reality of UFOs or extraterrestrial vehicles, extraterrestrial life forms, and resulting advanced energy and propulsion technologies. The weight of this first-hand testimony, along with supporting government documentation and other evidence, will establish without any doubt the reality of these phenomena.

Download and watch the press conference on May 9, 2001 (with low resp. high quality video-streams);
testimonies;
acknowledgments;
the campaign;
press coverage;
media gallery;
news & updates;
IRS non-profit status letter;
address main office: The Disclosure Project, PO Box 265, Crozet VA 22932, USA;
contacts.

About: … Beginning in 1993, I started an effort that was designed to identify firsthand military and government witnesses to UFO events and projects, as well as other evidence to be used in a public disclosure.

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Women and Children transforming our World

Linked with Ann Njogu – Kenya.

See the world through the eyes of women, with the wonder and possibility of a child.

Homepage, with many links);
content;
programs;
events;
submit (your writings);
in the press;
newsletter;
links;
contact.

Special Edition February 15, 2008: Braving bullets and increasing sexual assaults, Kenyan women are organizing from the mass evacuee camps to the newsrooms to save their beloved nation. Read:

• featured articles;
• related articles;
• video accounts (with Ann Njogu, Shailja Patel, Leah Okeyo, Alberta Wambua);
• take action;
• global gatherings.

About: A social media enterprise, our mission: connecting women to transform our world. WorldPulse is a global media organization dedicated to broadcasting the untapped voices and innovative solutions of women worldwide … (full text).

Building Global Links for Justice, a project of Global Resistance

Linked with Indian FAX ACTION about Coca-Cola.

India Resource Center works to support movements against corporate globalization in India. We provide timely information on transnational corporations to Indian movements. We also educate and mobilize key constituencies in the US and other countries to take action in support of campaigns in India. India Resource Center is a project of Global Resistance. Global Resistance works to strengthen the movement against corporate globalization by supporting and linking local, grassroots struggles against globalization around the world. Our goal is to ensure that those most impacted by globalization are engaged in and at the forefront of the movement against corporate globalization … (about 1/2).

Homepage and latest actions;
sitemap;
Issues;
news;
action (actually centered on Coca-Cola for Indian people’s water resources);
press;
contact by e-mail, attn. Amit Srivastava, Coordinator, India Resource Center, and Director of Global Resistance.org (named on all this Google-search Results).

About 2/2: History: India Resource Center is the result of numerous discussions with activists in India spanning a wide array of issues.

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